Digital Government
Casting the 'Net for a Replacement
Dr. S. Ward Casscells, assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, has used the <a href=www.health.mil>Military Health Systems Web site</a> both as a bully pulpit and a <a href=http://38.118.42.202/story_page.cfm?articleid=38853&ref=rellink>two-way communications tool</a> with corpsmen, medics, doctors and nurses worldwide since he took the job April 2007.
Ideas
DHS' New Privacy Officer
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1235067917533.shtm">announced today</a> that she has appointed Mary Ellen Callahan as chief privacy officer for the department. Callahan is a partner in the international law firm Hogan and Harston in Washington working on privacy and security issues.
Ideas
Where're the Details on GovTrip Hack?
First it was <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090210_9221.php">the FAA</a>. Now news comes of another government Web site<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9128173&intsrc=news_ts_head"> being hacked</a>.
Modernization
Issa seeks info on White House e-mail use
Rep. Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the House Oversight panel, is asking the White House to clarify its policies on staffers using personal e-mail accounts such as Gmail.
Modernization
Survey to check attitudes on privacy, services
GSA is looking for a contractor to conduct online surveys to find out how people want to receive information about the federal government.
Cybersecurity
ISIMC chooses candidates to co-chair subcommittees
The CIO Council’s new Information Security and Identity Management Committee has named co-chairmen to the subcommittees that will work to identify and recommend strategic IT security initiatives designed to strengthen agencies' data and network protection efforts.
Modernization
As NMCI wraps, question of what is next looms
The next generation of NMCI is likely to be the end of the single-vendor model, but it's far from clear what the Navy will replace it with.
Modernization
CANES to consolidate shipboard networks
As the Navy prepares to rework its shore-based networks under the Next Generation Enterprise Network, a parallel effort is under way to streamline the networks on ships.
Modernization
Mobile do’s and don’ts
Government agencies are launching special versions of their Web sites designed to load quickly onto the small screens of mobile phones and other handheld devices.
Modernization
Who else is going mobile
Here are some of the states and agencies that have created Web sites tailored to mobile users.
Digital Government